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open the government, raise the debt ceiling. they both say they want the same thing. >> a couple of questions. they didn't get a conference in the house and the senate because when you're in the house, you get recommit and you get a lot of embarrassing votes up. the republican leadership didn't feel they were helpful on that. the house did something that the senate didn't do. they passed a number of appropriations bills. the senate has passed zero. the senate has passed zero. but it's like 65% of government because you had d.o.d. and some of the others. republicans feel they gave the tax cuts last year when they were expired and tax rates went up for many americans. so obama care's additional tax on people, they felt they've given enough. compromising people have to move off of the positions, that's how you get there. we're at the point where democrats don't think that the republicans are giving enough, vice versa. we have to do the shutdowns and i think -- >> what may come out of this, we don't know yet, but what may come out o
open the government, raise the debt ceiling. they both say they want the same thing. >> a couple of questions. they didn't get a conference in the house and the senate because when you're in the house, you get recommit and you get a lot of embarrassing votes up. the republican leadership didn't feel they were helpful on that. the house did something that the senate didn't do. they passed a number of appropriations bills. the senate has passed zero. the senate has passed zero. but it's...
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cerealing to be raised.-- the debt ceiling to be raised. you do not want the u.s. to default. democrats are interpreting that saying the 11th hour, when the president refuses to negotiate on the debt ceiling, you'll run a clean debt ceiling bill. but can you be clear on where you and your conference is on the debt ceiling. >> you heard me saying this, going back over the last two or three years. our goal wasn't to shut down the government. our goal here was to bring fair tons the american people under obama care. i don't believe that we should default on our debt. it's not good for our country. but after 55 years of spending more than what you bring in, something ought to be addressed. this year, we'll have more revenue than any year in the history of our country and yet still have a nearly $700 billion deficit. i think the american people expect if we're going raise the amount of money we can borrow, we ought to do something about our spending problem in the lack of economic growth in our country. >> is this shutdown -- this showdown about
cerealing to be raised.-- the debt ceiling to be raised. you do not want the u.s. to default. democrats are interpreting that saying the 11th hour, when the president refuses to negotiate on the debt ceiling, you'll run a clean debt ceiling bill. but can you be clear on where you and your conference is on the debt ceiling. >> you heard me saying this, going back over the last two or three years. our goal wasn't to shut down the government. our goal here was to bring fair tons the american...
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this is because it is so important to raise the debt ceiling. the republicans are saying this is our chance to get what we want and what we think is right for the country. most countries do not have a debt ceiling. they just pay the bills that toy incur and do their best have as little debt as they can get away with. the debt ceiling was put in place to create situations like this, to raise pressure on both , to give a party that might not have a majority the ability to put pressure on the majority for concessions. you can argue whether it is healthy or unhealthy, but its very existence leads to the kind of showdown we are having now. question about where the money comes from when we raise the debt ceiling. why can't we just print more money? aren't we doing that every month now? guest: right. ok, it is really important to distinguish between the banking system, the federal reserve and the banks, and how money is created in a modern capitalistic economy versus what the government spends. congress does not have any right to print money. the feder
this is because it is so important to raise the debt ceiling. the republicans are saying this is our chance to get what we want and what we think is right for the country. most countries do not have a debt ceiling. they just pay the bills that toy incur and do their best have as little debt as they can get away with. the debt ceiling was put in place to create situations like this, to raise pressure on both , to give a party that might not have a majority the ability to put pressure on the...
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they willtly, i doubt be there to vote to raise the debt ceiling. prerogative, but at the end of the day i think we have a responsibility to work across the aisle and do the right thing. some people have suggested that if you look at house republicans right now, there is something of a civil war playing out. [laughter] is a vigorous debate, and that is fair enough. look, we are a pretty big party. we have been the major party in congressional elections, which is quite something. we are used to thinking of a republican party that was much smaller thanand this one is. this is a raucous caucus, no doubt about it. a lot of people came here in 2020 and 2012. again, they are trying to do the right thing, doing what their constituents want them to do, i would expect a vigorous debate. the democrats are more cohesive than they used to be. the diversity that we used to think of, they are smart -- smaller and further to the left, it makes agreement between the two difficult from the speaker standpoint. host: congressman peter king talk about this clash within
they willtly, i doubt be there to vote to raise the debt ceiling. prerogative, but at the end of the day i think we have a responsibility to work across the aisle and do the right thing. some people have suggested that if you look at house republicans right now, there is something of a civil war playing out. [laughter] is a vigorous debate, and that is fair enough. look, we are a pretty big party. we have been the major party in congressional elections, which is quite something. we are used to...
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the leverage is not raising the debt ceiling. the american people do not want unrelated items being used as leverage around shutting down the government are increasing down the government or increasing the debt ceiling. -- kyle is on our line for democrats. georgia. you are on with charisma john delaney. caller: i am not a democratic caller. i don't want to misrepresent your position, but something you said concerned me. -- seem to scene brush off the debt crisis, and increasing of the debt ceiling, it is kind of like a false argument. is it your position it is not a big deal? and, two, would there be a debt figured that you would be concerned we would not be able to dig our way out of? guest: that is a good question. i do think we have a debt issue in this country but the debt ceiling is not central to that issue. the debt ceiling has to be raised because of commitments congress has already raised. across the last several congress is going back 10 or 15 years we made spending decisions am a taxing decisions, commitments. and we
the leverage is not raising the debt ceiling. the american people do not want unrelated items being used as leverage around shutting down the government are increasing down the government or increasing the debt ceiling. -- kyle is on our line for democrats. georgia. you are on with charisma john delaney. caller: i am not a democratic caller. i don't want to misrepresent your position, but something you said concerned me. -- seem to scene brush off the debt crisis, and increasing of the debt...
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your annual budget and opportunities to raise the debt ceiling. what is important is you take the issues, try to get some concessions are you do not have to raise the debt ceiling the next time. this is your only opportunity to exercise controls on spending. but the system counts on the people coming together. it has gotten to the point now where it is out of hand. guest: you get to the point where you get the best deal you can. both sides do not get what they want, but they get something. i guess this is going to happen october 17. sure scares tuple. guest: it's not just brinkmanship, but america's reputation overseas. host: caller, you are on the air. caller: hello, everyone. i think we see -- host: all right, let's move on to nicole in jackson city. caller: i was calling to talk but the government shutdown. i have a niece. she is in college. her child was in head start. the thing with parents -- they have to overcome and yesterday in the grocery store, there was a woman in there behind her. they had 9 children. they got the groceries. they coul
your annual budget and opportunities to raise the debt ceiling. what is important is you take the issues, try to get some concessions are you do not have to raise the debt ceiling the next time. this is your only opportunity to exercise controls on spending. but the system counts on the people coming together. it has gotten to the point now where it is out of hand. guest: you get to the point where you get the best deal you can. both sides do not get what they want, but they get something. i...
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debt ceiling. that's really the question that was being posed yesterday. and i think these 18 people voted no. i don't know how i would have voted if i was in the senate, but they basically took a principled position we have to start now not tomorrow, now to do something about this debt. host: terry. she's from arlington, virginia, on our republican line, hi. caller: how are you? i had written my notes out to be a could he epgent. i used to be a journalist and continue to write. my point is things have not been discussed all the time i have been listening to your show. first of all, one third of workers in this country are freelance. not counting the numbers of small businesses. the economy is not going to get better. everybody's blaming the republicans. blame technology. everybody loves the free access. it's costing us the jobs. it's costing the businesses that we know that used to be brick businesses. the technological companies as we are now hearing over the news are the ones that are responsibl
debt ceiling. that's really the question that was being posed yesterday. and i think these 18 people voted no. i don't know how i would have voted if i was in the senate, but they basically took a principled position we have to start now not tomorrow, now to do something about this debt. host: terry. she's from arlington, virginia, on our republican line, hi. caller: how are you? i had written my notes out to be a could he epgent. i used to be a journalist and continue to write. my point is...
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it was give me my money and raise the debt ceiling and you will be amazed to see how much i'm willing to negotiate once you give me everything i want. it was indicated yesterday by the administration, gee, there is a possibility we may have to delay the individual mandate. jimin an article today from wisner, the title of the article, obamacare mandate may be delayed. official says deadline to have insurance could be postponed. article says, the obama administration may give americans extra time to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act, postponing penalties for failing to buy coverage will go into effect, market watch has learned. further down, it says the administration declined to say whether people who purchase health insurance late in the snowment period, say on march 31, would be exempt from a penalty. even if the policy doesn't kick in until april or may. nor would the department give a specific date by which people would need to buy coverage to escape a fine, the h.h.s. or health and human services official however indicated that the administration may exten
it was give me my money and raise the debt ceiling and you will be amazed to see how much i'm willing to negotiate once you give me everything i want. it was indicated yesterday by the administration, gee, there is a possibility we may have to delay the individual mandate. jimin an article today from wisner, the title of the article, obamacare mandate may be delayed. official says deadline to have insurance could be postponed. article says, the obama administration may give americans extra time...
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raise this debt ceiling? that was the question being raised yesterday. no.e 18 people voted they basically took the principled position that we have to start now, not tomorrow, to do something about this debt. is from arlington virginia and on our republican line -- arlington, virginia, and on our republican line. my notes out. i used to be a journalist. my points are the things that have not been discussed. ofst of all one-third workers are freelance. geteconomy is not going to at. everybody is blaming the republicans, blame technology. everybody loves the free access. us the jobs. it is costing us the businesses that we know that used to be rick businesses -- brick businesses. ecological companies are the ones responsible for a lot of tax dollars -- technology companies are the ones responsible for a lot of tax dollars going out of the country. a lot of money is being thrown at startups in the tech industry. we are learning what we thought was a free ride was actually an expensive one. we have been paying w
raise this debt ceiling? that was the question being raised yesterday. no.e 18 people voted they basically took the principled position that we have to start now, not tomorrow, to do something about this debt. is from arlington virginia and on our republican line -- arlington, virginia, and on our republican line. my notes out. i used to be a journalist. my points are the things that have not been discussed. ofst of all one-third workers are freelance. geteconomy is not going to at. everybody...
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we will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. as the president said, he has demonstrated repeatedly that he is willing to compromise when it comes to moving forward with deficit reduction. we obviously because of the sequester and the cr and other issues have economic, budgetary, and fiscal challenges that we need to confront, and that requires discussion and negotiation with congress. but he will not negotiate over the fundamental responsibility that only congress has to raise the debt ceiling. and if that is a responsibility that is just too onerous for them to bear, they should pass it off to the president as they did previously. he will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. this is not -- were not going to play a hostage-situation game where the economy of the united states and the world suffers because of an insistence on a political agenda by one party and one house of congress -- or one party in both houses of congress. >> so if none of those things happens, and then -- so it's kind of a game of chicken -- and then
we will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. as the president said, he has demonstrated repeatedly that he is willing to compromise when it comes to moving forward with deficit reduction. we obviously because of the sequester and the cr and other issues have economic, budgetary, and fiscal challenges that we need to confront, and that requires discussion and negotiation with congress. but he will not negotiate over the fundamental responsibility that only congress has to raise the debt...
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debt ceiling. our guest is the ceo of freedom works. washington journal is live every morning at 7 a.m. eastern on c- span. remarks by gay rights kei.vist and actor george ta span student cam video competition ask, what is the most important issue congress should consider in 2014? make a five to seven minute video showing your point of view . the competition is open to all middle and high school students with the grand prize of $5,000. this year we have doubled the number of winners in total prizes. >> the leaders of the house and senate budget committee spoke with reporters thursday morning a discuss negotiations over long-term federal budget deal. both the house and senate passed their own budgets earlier this house republican leaders had not agreed to begin negotiations until it was .ncluded in agreement >> hello, everybody. we want to say that the four of us, the ranking member of the senate budget committee, the ranking member of the house budget committee, the chairman of the senate budget co
debt ceiling. our guest is the ceo of freedom works. washington journal is live every morning at 7 a.m. eastern on c- span. remarks by gay rights kei.vist and actor george ta span student cam video competition ask, what is the most important issue congress should consider in 2014? make a five to seven minute video showing your point of view . the competition is open to all middle and high school students with the grand prize of $5,000. this year we have doubled the number of winners in total...
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the debt ceiling and president obama's raising priorities for the second term. what if tomorrow morning at 10:00 and later on at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> if you ask how many are libertarians, depending on which poll you look at he might be getting between 10% and f-15s term. if the people a battery of questions about different ideological things, and any track those, you get up to maybe 30% of americans calling themselves libertarian. if you ask them if they're economically conservative but socially liberal you get over half of american saying that is what they are appeared just because people say these things does not mean they really believe them. if the ask most americans do you want smaller government and they say yes. i have to say roughly as low as 10%. if they were conscious and political, they could be a big movement. they could have a shared ideology and a lot of influence in colleted. >> begin implement changes to achieve a balanced budget. >> this will come i welcome him to the white house to discuss a wellhead in afghanistan. i want to up
the debt ceiling and president obama's raising priorities for the second term. what if tomorrow morning at 10:00 and later on at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> if you ask how many are libertarians, depending on which poll you look at he might be getting between 10% and f-15s term. if the people a battery of questions about different ideological things, and any track those, you get up to maybe 30% of americans calling themselves libertarian. if you ask them if they're economically...
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there is a practical problem was not raising the debt ceiling. do you not agree? >> i do not know what could be clearer under the law than taking sovereign debt, taking our u.s. bonds out of the debt ceiling calculation. i am unaware of any legal cloud. i am aware of a veto threat. i am a where of a president of the united states who clearly wants to try to hold our sovereign debt hostage. the bond rating agencies, as i understand, moody's and one other, they get it. they understand this is about sovereign debt. the american people do not equate bonds with funding the next irs star trek video, the travel expenses for the alabama watermelon queen, pottery classes in morocco. there is something very different between a bond obligation and a budget priority. we are on a road to bankruptcy. everybody says, let's do it another day. others in the administration just want to turn off the debt ceiling boat. my guess is greece did not have a debt ceiling boat. detroit did not have a debt ceiling boat. it is like turning off the smoke alarm when the fire breaks out. >> i wa
there is a practical problem was not raising the debt ceiling. do you not agree? >> i do not know what could be clearer under the law than taking sovereign debt, taking our u.s. bonds out of the debt ceiling calculation. i am unaware of any legal cloud. i am aware of a veto threat. i am a where of a president of the united states who clearly wants to try to hold our sovereign debt hostage. the bond rating agencies, as i understand, moody's and one other, they get it. they understand this...
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we should have a clean resolution to both raising the debt ceiling and also to open the government. i think the president was absolutely right to stay in washington. some criticized him. they would've criticized him if he left washington for a foreign summit. they would have said he belongs in washington. the secretary of state was there. secretary kerry know how to handle things. i think he handles it well. i think people understand that the president had business in washington. it was not of his doing. he does not like it. he would rather not have this crisis. i think he did what he needed to do. >> when we get there all these these issues,of does congress have an appetite to get into this issue or will it be pushed off in 2015 after the midterm election? >> i hope not. i think immigration reform is something whose time has come. it is something most people understand needs to be done. i hope that will not be a casualty. i know on the democratic side we feel strong about it. the senate passed their version. some of them signed onto nancy pelosi's version. i think it is important.
we should have a clean resolution to both raising the debt ceiling and also to open the government. i think the president was absolutely right to stay in washington. some criticized him. they would've criticized him if he left washington for a foreign summit. they would have said he belongs in washington. the secretary of state was there. secretary kerry know how to handle things. i think he handles it well. i think people understand that the president had business in washington. it was not of...
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first, it would raise the debt ceiling permanently and i reject that idea entirely. second, i believe that increases should bet ceiling accompanied by reform. that's what we did in 2011 when congress to raise the debt ceiling in return for bipartisan spending control. the spending control the president campaigned on endlessly. that's the real mcconnell land. and if the senator from new york is interested in act in with me, let's get down to brass tacks. the american people would love to see us working in a bipartisan way to actually help them. if he insists on pushing the obama-schumer plan he will not find any help on the side of the aisle. this is just a nonstarter. this debt is a serious matter. they understand it's completely unsustainable over the long run and they understand it standing in the way of jobs and economic growth today. let's get to work on bipartisan plans to get this back under control. that's what constituents expect. >> kathleen sebelius testifying implementing in the new health care law. she will be at the energy and commerce committee live on
first, it would raise the debt ceiling permanently and i reject that idea entirely. second, i believe that increases should bet ceiling accompanied by reform. that's what we did in 2011 when congress to raise the debt ceiling in return for bipartisan spending control. the spending control the president campaigned on endlessly. that's the real mcconnell land. and if the senator from new york is interested in act in with me, let's get down to brass tacks. the american people would love to see us...
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there is a serious problem with raising the debt ceiling continuously. each time our nation continues to raise the debt, what we end up having is a loss and our american value of our dollar. that will continue to occur to the point at which our nation will no longer have any value in its dollar. if you want to see a lot of people standing and screaming about their welfare checks not their otherny of freebies not coming, you will then see it happen. these news reporters that are doing this are walking a fine line on treason against our nation and need to be held accountable. our nation is going to collapse if we do not stop the debt. it's just like any american family household. if you and i let our household go continuously into debt, that interest rate becomes so great that you can no longer pay it off. that is what is happening to our nation. host: democratic caller, new york. caller: i think we should give more to our legislators and we should ask more from them. it's an important job. i think we should forbid them to have any other job. we should rai
there is a serious problem with raising the debt ceiling continuously. each time our nation continues to raise the debt, what we end up having is a loss and our american value of our dollar. that will continue to occur to the point at which our nation will no longer have any value in its dollar. if you want to see a lot of people standing and screaming about their welfare checks not their otherny of freebies not coming, you will then see it happen. these news reporters that are doing this are...
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ceiling, to raise the debt ceiling. and that is not negotiable. they really believe that ultimately on this issue they might get ugly but it is a winning position for them to have and they don't need to resort to these other options. steve kornacki is a graduate of boston university. this next call is from massachusetts, republican line. caller: good morning. i'm calling about the word "exceptional," or " exceptionalism." i'm an old guy. my parents, right after they taught me right from wrong and then table manners and things like that, these are my earliest memories -- i got into little league and i had a good game when i was five or six or seven years old, and i started posting -- boasting. i was immediately put down by my father and had it explained to me that bragging or boasting is just not called for. it is up to other people to brag or boast about how well i was doing or how well i did. i can remember jim brown -- when jimmy brown would get a touchdown, he would run into the end zone and he would just drop the fo
ceiling, to raise the debt ceiling. and that is not negotiable. they really believe that ultimately on this issue they might get ugly but it is a winning position for them to have and they don't need to resort to these other options. steve kornacki is a graduate of boston university. this next call is from massachusetts, republican line. caller: good morning. i'm calling about the word "exceptional," or " exceptionalism." i'm an old guy. my parents, right after they taught...
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guest: there's no budgetary option for not raising the debt ceiling. i think of the budget that i introduced, for example, an incredibly conservative budget, but it took four years. rand paul had a budget that took four years. there's not one budget proposal in washington, d.c. that says i can get to balance tomorrow, we don't need to raise the debt ceiling. what we need to see, juana, is if you don't have a plan to get our budget to balance sometime, tomorrow, a year from tomorrow, 10 years from tomorrow, then we're going to have to raise the debt ceiling forever. do we have to raise the debt ceiling tomorrow to pay the bills? we do. but we shouldn't raise the debt ceiling without a commitment from all sides, house, senate, white house, to get on a path to balance one day. borrowing indefinitely is not a plan for economic success. i can cooperate with my colleagues on any plan that brings me to balance. i just need to see a commitment from them that we are going to get them one day and one day soon. host: sure. we'll take one last call from congressma
guest: there's no budgetary option for not raising the debt ceiling. i think of the budget that i introduced, for example, an incredibly conservative budget, but it took four years. rand paul had a budget that took four years. there's not one budget proposal in washington, d.c. that says i can get to balance tomorrow, we don't need to raise the debt ceiling. what we need to see, juana, is if you don't have a plan to get our budget to balance sometime, tomorrow, a year from tomorrow, 10 years...
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default by raising the debt ceiling. you know, we don't need any more self-inflicted wounds from congress. the economy is already paying a price as outside analysts have noted. there is already a cost to the economy and therefore to growth and jobs from this behavior. and it's important, as i think so many americans believe that it stop. that congress fulfill its basic responsibilities to open the government, to fund it at, again, levels that were set by republicans so we can get about the business of negotiating in good faith over longer term budget proposals. i'm not going -- >> but there are provisions -- you are talking about the short-term increase in the debt ceiling and the c.r. you're not going to talk about the obamacare provisions which are always -- which are also on the table. i mean, you're talking about the short-term debt ceiling and c.r. provisions. even if these are smart gives on obamacare, doesn't it violate the principle that the president set out there that he will not negotiate on obamacare? >> unti
default by raising the debt ceiling. you know, we don't need any more self-inflicted wounds from congress. the economy is already paying a price as outside analysts have noted. there is already a cost to the economy and therefore to growth and jobs from this behavior. and it's important, as i think so many americans believe that it stop. that congress fulfill its basic responsibilities to open the government, to fund it at, again, levels that were set by republicans so we can get about the...
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this is one of the first times we raise the debt ceiling with no conditions attached. host: how much is that factored with the rollout of the health- care system? guest: i am not sure of the question. host: how much of his success will be judged on the health- care law? guest: he has certainly staked his presidency on it, but i was always of the opinion if obamacare is going to fail, let it proceed. let the american people see how they like it. in a year or two, if they like it, it will be the law of the land. in the late-1980's we had this medicare expansion, and seniors hated it. it was one of the first times in american history a new entitlement program was repealed. i think there is a good probability that as this moves on, people see how many jobs are being destroyed, how the cost increase. 90% of americans already have health insurance. their big worry is i will get something worse. host: roy in new castle, pennsylvania, democrats line. caller: yes, everybody you listen to, they tell you that 40% on every dollar spent by the government is borrowed. what that tell
this is one of the first times we raise the debt ceiling with no conditions attached. host: how much is that factored with the rollout of the health- care system? guest: i am not sure of the question. host: how much of his success will be judged on the health- care law? guest: he has certainly staked his presidency on it, but i was always of the opinion if obamacare is going to fail, let it proceed. let the american people see how they like it. in a year or two, if they like it, it will be the...
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thee do not raise this -- debt ceiling, we are deadbeats. if we fail to increase the debt limit, we would send our economy into a tailspin. way.is a quote by the do you know who said it? the republican speaker of the house, john boehner. he has said if we do not pay our bills, we will have an economic tailspin. why has it not been done? democrats and some reasonable republicans in congress are willing to raise the debt ceiling and pass a sensible budget. i want to work with democrats and republicans to do just that. claire mccaskill is ready to do it. [applause] cleaver is ready to do it. [applause] just passed the budget and raise the debt ceiling, we can get back to focusing on growing oureconomy and educating kids, all of the things we have to do. unfortunately, there is a faction on the far right of the republican party who convinced their leadership to threaten a government shutdown and potentially threaten to not raise the debt ceiling if they cannot shut off the affordable care ought -- affordable care act also known as obamacare. the
thee do not raise this -- debt ceiling, we are deadbeats. if we fail to increase the debt limit, we would send our economy into a tailspin. way.is a quote by the do you know who said it? the republican speaker of the house, john boehner. he has said if we do not pay our bills, we will have an economic tailspin. why has it not been done? democrats and some reasonable republicans in congress are willing to raise the debt ceiling and pass a sensible budget. i want to work with democrats and...
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if congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling, they can't do anything about it. this constitutional question has been brought up whether or not president obama can ask on his own and raise the debt ceiling by himself. have askedmocrats him to consider this option, this 14th amendment option, take congress out of the scenario. arenistration officials clear on this. they do not believe they have the power to do this. they have had their legal folks take a look at the 14th amendment. questions want legal around bonds they would be putting out. otherwhole point to this thing is, we have no other options and the debt ceiling needs to be raised and as of now, this is congress's job. host: one month after the shutdown, rose up by 10%. guest: that would be the best case scenario. heard from the wall street ceo's when they were here yesterday is, the shutdown is problematic. but the shutdown has happened before and we have bounced back. after he walked out of the white house yesterday, he said, we know what's happening there. our big concern is default. the fact that thos
if congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling, they can't do anything about it. this constitutional question has been brought up whether or not president obama can ask on his own and raise the debt ceiling by himself. have askedmocrats him to consider this option, this 14th amendment option, take congress out of the scenario. arenistration officials clear on this. they do not believe they have the power to do this. they have had their legal folks take a look at the 14th amendment. questions want...
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this is one of the first times in a long time we raised the debt ceiling with no conditions attached. host: how much of that also factored into the continuing roll out of the president's health care plan and success? how much of the president's -- the people -- what the people think -- guest: yeah. i think he certainly staked his presidency on the success of obamacare. that's one of the reasons he was not going to cave in on anything that would roll it back. i was always of the opinion, look, if obamacare is going to fail, which i think it will, let it proceed. let the thing roll out. let the american people see how it works. if in a year or two they liked it, then it's going to be the law of the land. if they don't, i don't know if you remember this back in the late 198 o's, whee this medicare expansion bill, i think it was catastrophic care, and the seniors hated it. it was one of the few times in american history that a new estimate -- time program was repealed because people said we don't like this. there is a good probability as this moves on people see how many jobs are being de
this is one of the first times in a long time we raised the debt ceiling with no conditions attached. host: how much of that also factored into the continuing roll out of the president's health care plan and success? how much of the president's -- the people -- what the people think -- guest: yeah. i think he certainly staked his presidency on the success of obamacare. that's one of the reasons he was not going to cave in on anything that would roll it back. i was always of the opinion, look,...
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he looks ahead to raise the federal debt ceiling. this is a half-hour. >> we have a very simple message today for speaker boehner. let the house stop it irresponsible respect this -- games. he is single-handedly keeping the government shut. recent stories have suggested that the speaker is keeping the government shutdown because i hurt his feelings. that is true -- i am sorry i hurt your feelings. we shouldn't take it out on hundreds of thousands of americans who are out of work. they are really suffering. i can only imagine what leaders around the world must think. i met yesterday -- for he briefly i had to go to the white house to spend time with the greek prime minister. i talked to him on the phone before. i was kind of embarrassed. the greek government is having a lot of problems and going on about our problems? we shouldn't be a dysfunctional government. there is no reason to be other than one man and that is speaker boehner. we can't perform the most basic functions of government because he doesn't have the courage to stand up
he looks ahead to raise the federal debt ceiling. this is a half-hour. >> we have a very simple message today for speaker boehner. let the house stop it irresponsible respect this -- games. he is single-handedly keeping the government shut. recent stories have suggested that the speaker is keeping the government shutdown because i hurt his feelings. that is true -- i am sorry i hurt your feelings. we shouldn't take it out on hundreds of thousands of americans who are out of work. they are...
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where success is measured by how well our tracks are covered when the debt ceiling is raised. where prioritizing spending cuts ae avoided by invoking sequester. we have been there, done that. it is time now for the senate to lead. there are encouraging signs we may be moving in this direction. earlier this year, a budget was passed by this chamber. it was not a budget that i preferred, but i was given ample offerunity to debate and amendments as were my republican colleagues. we came up short, but at least the senate got back to regular order. in the coming weeks, this body will consider an immigration bill. immigration has remained a comp likes issue with members holding strong views on many of its assets. still, a bill having had a thorough vetting will now be allowed to come to the senate floor to be debated, amended, and hopefully improved upon. this is the way it should work. to conclude, madam president, in the few -- a few days after last november's of election, the 12 new elected senate freshmen were invited to the national archives. he were taken to the legislative va
where success is measured by how well our tracks are covered when the debt ceiling is raised. where prioritizing spending cuts ae avoided by invoking sequester. we have been there, done that. it is time now for the senate to lead. there are encouraging signs we may be moving in this direction. earlier this year, a budget was passed by this chamber. it was not a budget that i preferred, but i was given ample offerunity to debate and amendments as were my republican colleagues. we came up short,...
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the debt ceiling by this thursday. here is a portion of the debate with mary landrieu and bob corker. it is about half an hour. >> the senator from louisiana. >> thank you, madam president. i want to follow-up on the words of my distinguished colleague from hawaii and also comment on a few points that the senator from wyoming made in this important debate that is happening in washington today, a debate that is happening all over our country. i want to associate myself with the effort underway by senator collins from maine and senator -- from minnesota and others on both sides of the aisle that have been working throughout the evening, the night, early morning hours, talking, trying to find a way forward. forank both leaders blessing that effort and trying to find a way forward. this is a very dangerous situation. despite the fact that there are members on the other side of the capital in the republican party, not in the democratic party, that continue to doubt that there will be any ramifications from default -- i hate
the debt ceiling by this thursday. here is a portion of the debate with mary landrieu and bob corker. it is about half an hour. >> the senator from louisiana. >> thank you, madam president. i want to follow-up on the words of my distinguished colleague from hawaii and also comment on a few points that the senator from wyoming made in this important debate that is happening in washington today, a debate that is happening all over our country. i want to associate myself with the...
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the debt ceiling will be more catastrophic if we can't raise it. i think it is important to just emphasize that raising the debt ceiling is necessary to pay for money that has already been approved by congress. if republicans in congress want to have a conversation about cutting spending, which has been severely cut back in recent years already, much below the original ryan budget proposal, that is a conversation have over a long-term budget deal. not while risking the credit of the united states. host: the president will be meeting with wall street ceo's today as the budget crisis continues. according to bloomberg, this is the headline for their story online. the chief executives of large bags including goldman sachs and j.p. morgan chase will be meeting with president obama tomorrow is commerce and to end the budget stalemate in washington. the financial services forum, a trade group representing ceos of the nation's largest banking and insurance firms are also set to meet with treasury secretary jacob lew." austin, indiana, independent caller. c
the debt ceiling will be more catastrophic if we can't raise it. i think it is important to just emphasize that raising the debt ceiling is necessary to pay for money that has already been approved by congress. if republicans in congress want to have a conversation about cutting spending, which has been severely cut back in recent years already, much below the original ryan budget proposal, that is a conversation have over a long-term budget deal. not while risking the credit of the united...
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when senator obama voted against raising the debt ceiling, he said he was doing so because the national debt was at an outrageous $8 trillion. he clarified for a fact -- $8 trillion, trillion with a 't'. now our national debt is over $16 trillion and climbing, larger than our tire economy and he is not a word about it at all. he calls a progress. his campaign slogan said it is forward. i've got news for the president, if washington's debt is going forward, america's economy is going backward. instead of worrying about managing the economy, it is time to address how we can lead america out where she can once again become the land of opportunity and once again become a place of growth and opportunity. we should put all our eggs in that basket as conservatives and republicans. we certainly do need folks in washington, d.c. to devote themselves to stop as president from taking this country so far off the ledge that we can i get back. we must stop what is rapidly becoming the bankrupting of our federal government. we, as conservatives, must dedicate our energies endeavors to growing america,
when senator obama voted against raising the debt ceiling, he said he was doing so because the national debt was at an outrageous $8 trillion. he clarified for a fact -- $8 trillion, trillion with a 't'. now our national debt is over $16 trillion and climbing, larger than our tire economy and he is not a word about it at all. he calls a progress. his campaign slogan said it is forward. i've got news for the president, if washington's debt is going forward, america's economy is going backward....
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they voted to raise the debt ceiling as part of the deal. there are members of congress that voted yes on that but are not on your list. there well, like i said, is criteria. you have to be in a relatively safe or about the conceit and score under 70% on our scorecard. -- you have to live in a relatively safe republican seat and score under 70% on our scorecard. if you are going to represent a safe republican seat, you ought to be able to support a program agenda and take the risk of leadership, do the things we have to do as a nation to be responsible to future generations and get our fiscal house in order. if you're not willing to do that, a.b. summary else will, and maybe your constituents ought to know that the things you say all the campaign trail about how we have to get out budget balanced and all these things and then you go to washington and don't support these policies -- your constituents ought to know and ought to have the choice to send someone else if they think you're not doing the job. host: according to the sunlight foundati
they voted to raise the debt ceiling as part of the deal. there are members of congress that voted yes on that but are not on your list. there well, like i said, is criteria. you have to be in a relatively safe or about the conceit and score under 70% on our scorecard. -- you have to live in a relatively safe republican seat and score under 70% on our scorecard. if you are going to represent a safe republican seat, you ought to be able to support a program agenda and take the risk of...
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if they vote for this budget, they will have to raise the debt ceiling. it is going to be fascinating to see what happens. host: terry, republican caller. good morning. caller: i have a couple of things. everybody likes to put -- point fingers about the sequester being a bad thing. i think that was president obama's thing. more importantly, i was watching c-span and the shenanigans going on in the senate. will they put out the message -- the nomination, the way they're going about it, it is disturbing. you are stacking the deck in the district court. is that fair? to shut down a voice of the senate, the minority. that is mind boggling. host: the talkathon continues in the senate on c-span2. they have been talking all through the night about the judicial nominees. a vote is expected around 9:00 a.m. for the equal opportunity commissioners renomination over there. guest: the sequester was not an obama thing. .his was set up by congress we did it to ourselves. american people should or ought to know that we did not expect the sequester to take effect. we tho
if they vote for this budget, they will have to raise the debt ceiling. it is going to be fascinating to see what happens. host: terry, republican caller. good morning. caller: i have a couple of things. everybody likes to put -- point fingers about the sequester being a bad thing. i think that was president obama's thing. more importantly, i was watching c-span and the shenanigans going on in the senate. will they put out the message -- the nomination, the way they're going about it, it is...
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it is something called raising the debt ceiling and it has a lousy name. people end up thinking i don't think we should raise our soundseiling because it like we are raising our debt. that is not what this is about. doesn't cost taxpayers a single dime. by doesn't grow the deficits sage dime. to doesn't' lou anybody spend any new money whatsoever. it is not something that raises our debt. what it does is' lou the u.s. the u.s. government, to pay the bills that congress up. already racked i want you to think about this. restaurant, you order a meal, you eat it, maybe some wine. maybe you have two glasses of wine. great meal. tab,then you look at the it is pretty expensive and you pay thei'm not going to bill. well, you are not saving money. being frugal. you are just a deadbeat, right? if you buy a house and you this month i would rather go on vacation somewhere to pay myt going mortgage. you didn't just save yourself some money. are just going to get on.eclosed so you don't save money by not paying your bills. you don't reduce your debt by bills.aking your
it is something called raising the debt ceiling and it has a lousy name. people end up thinking i don't think we should raise our soundseiling because it like we are raising our debt. that is not what this is about. doesn't cost taxpayers a single dime. by doesn't grow the deficits sage dime. to doesn't' lou anybody spend any new money whatsoever. it is not something that raises our debt. what it does is' lou the u.s. the u.s. government, to pay the bills that congress up. already racked i want...
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and raising the debt ceiling, when is enough enough? i mean, $40 trillion in debt, $50 trillions? how much more money does obama need? for our government to spend? and that one caller about taking care of society, our government has a lot of things that take care of society. not only government but churches and all kinds of organizations. but i don't understand how you can keep raising the debt limit , we're $16 trillion, $17 in debt now, i guess my question to anybody, including the senators, when's enough enough? don't they have an idea that $40 trillion might destroy the united states? >> ok. bud, thanks for the call. meanwhile, trish malloy has this, #cspanchat saying thank you to #cspanchat. you're the only one honoring the core of this country. let's more from joe and jane public. annapolis, maryland, independent's line, good afternoon. caller: hi. if enough members of congress don't like the affordable care act, they should draft a bill and get it passed. this one has passed. the president ran defending it. he won. and i've worke
and raising the debt ceiling, when is enough enough? i mean, $40 trillion in debt, $50 trillions? how much more money does obama need? for our government to spend? and that one caller about taking care of society, our government has a lot of things that take care of society. not only government but churches and all kinds of organizations. but i don't understand how you can keep raising the debt limit , we're $16 trillion, $17 in debt now, i guess my question to anybody, including the senators,...
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should we cut spending to raise the debt ceiling? it sounds logical. the debt ceiling is about spending that has already occurred. stop buying stuff so you do not have teacher bills. we have to pay the bills that have been incurred. if you want to say cut spending for what we do next, fine. you do not tie it the debt ceiling. >> should spending be tied to an increase on the debt limit? a tweet -- tom, arlington, texas, independent. caller: it is not so much what the government buys. it is how much the government pays for what they buys. . one common machine gun is $37 apiece. another is $47 apiece. i've thousand dollars apiece for assault rifles. maintenance cost of airplanes. who will pay that much money? host: how would you change things? caller: gets new vendors. more companies can manufacture stuff. nobody can build submarines for us other than general dynamics. they are building seven new destroyers at $7 billion apiece. host: what do you think about tying it to the limit in the debt limit increase? should we not increase the debt limit unless spe
should we cut spending to raise the debt ceiling? it sounds logical. the debt ceiling is about spending that has already occurred. stop buying stuff so you do not have teacher bills. we have to pay the bills that have been incurred. if you want to say cut spending for what we do next, fine. you do not tie it the debt ceiling. >> should spending be tied to an increase on the debt limit? a tweet -- tom, arlington, texas, independent. caller: it is not so much what the government buys. it is...
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my final words, raise the debt ceiling and do it soon and cleanly. do it like the danes, raise it so high that it's not a bone of contention. they're the only other country that has anything like our debt ceiling and they make sure poll doesn't get tics involved. better yet, raze, r-a-z-e the debt ceiling and get rid of it entirely. >> thank you very much. dr. melzer. >> thank you, madam chairman, senators, i'm pleased to respond once again to questions if the senate committee about the reasons for the slow recovery. the facts about the slow recovery are not in doubt so i won't dwell on them. we understand them you both spoke about them. we see unemployment as high, poverty remains higher, failed efforts to lower the spread between upper incomes and lower incomes have done the reverse. policy has clearly not achieved the nice things that people would like it to achieve. fore katzes have been overly optimistic, deficit predictions become more pessimistic. the debt to g.d.p. ratio reach 2s00%. long before that happens we'll be in crisis. why so much st
my final words, raise the debt ceiling and do it soon and cleanly. do it like the danes, raise it so high that it's not a bone of contention. they're the only other country that has anything like our debt ceiling and they make sure poll doesn't get tics involved. better yet, raze, r-a-z-e the debt ceiling and get rid of it entirely. >> thank you very much. dr. melzer. >> thank you, madam chairman, senators, i'm pleased to respond once again to questions if the senate committee about...
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so when we have to raise the debt ceiling again, i'm going to make a simple request. let's come up with a plan bipartisan in nature to save social security and medicare from bankruptcy because they are going to run out of money and become insolvent in the next 20 years, and let's also create a spending reduction plan that will allow us not to become greece. if you want to raise more revenue by capping deductions, you can count me in because we'll need some more revenue. but in 17 months, ladies and gentlemen, we spent 2.1 trillion. we're burning through money like crazy. it took us 200 years to borrow the first $2 trillion. we spent $2.1 trillion of borrowed money in 17 months. that's got to stop. so to president obama, congratulations on your tax rate increase. you fought hard and you won. i hope i have the courage of my convictions not to raise the debt ceiling until you and others will work with me to find a plan to begin to get us out of debt. so you mentioned medicare today in your speech. i'm glad you did. in 2024, it completely becomes insolvent. think of how m
so when we have to raise the debt ceiling again, i'm going to make a simple request. let's come up with a plan bipartisan in nature to save social security and medicare from bankruptcy because they are going to run out of money and become insolvent in the next 20 years, and let's also create a spending reduction plan that will allow us not to become greece. if you want to raise more revenue by capping deductions, you can count me in because we'll need some more revenue. but in 17 months, ladies...
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how is it that we can even think about raising the debt ceiling? coming from someone who has to be scrupulous with money, how can we be spending all this money when we are trying to reduce the debt, not increase it? guest: the debt ceiling is not about increasing the debt, it is about paying the debt we have already incurred. when the issue comes up they say that we risk of defaulting on that debt, which would crash the economy. syria,et me get back to which mentioned. we only talked about it briefly. this is from "the new york times." the talk about the off the cuff line from obama on syria. what is next, now that the chemical weapons are out there, the white house is in a bit of a pinch on this? guest: they really are. a fascinating piece from the times, what worked out behind the scenes were not exactly what the president was doing. as they found in the press conference on tuesday, but knowing more about the chain of custody this is not about boots on the ground. no one wants that. even the syrian opposition does not want boots on the ground. re
how is it that we can even think about raising the debt ceiling? coming from someone who has to be scrupulous with money, how can we be spending all this money when we are trying to reduce the debt, not increase it? guest: the debt ceiling is not about increasing the debt, it is about paying the debt we have already incurred. when the issue comes up they say that we risk of defaulting on that debt, which would crash the economy. syria,et me get back to which mentioned. we only talked about it...
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keep raising the debt ceiling. when is it going to stop? i hear all of these government employees whining saying my husband and i have worked for private companies. my husband gets no vacation, no sick time, no holidays. if he doesn't come to work, he doesn't get paid. and you know what? we deal with it because it is what it is. he was out of work for six months and he took this job because it's better to work them not to work. up andil america wakes realizes that you can't keep spending more than you take in, the better off everybody will be because they will just keep raising the debt ceiling. nobody wants to cut. everybody wants to live the slab .dge -- this lavish lifestyle but they don't want to sacrifice anything. i agree with john boehner. i think he is right on target. cutsnk there needs to be and nobody likes the cuts because they want to keep doing exactly what they've been doing. i appreciate -- host: thank you for your call. margaret is in anchorage, alaska. caller: thank you. i am referring to barbara tuchman, the author of the
keep raising the debt ceiling. when is it going to stop? i hear all of these government employees whining saying my husband and i have worked for private companies. my husband gets no vacation, no sick time, no holidays. if he doesn't come to work, he doesn't get paid. and you know what? we deal with it because it is what it is. he was out of work for six months and he took this job because it's better to work them not to work. up andil america wakes realizes that you can't keep spending more...
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to we say we will be happy raise the debt ceiling. there is 85% of the american people supporting background checks, people who have mental illness, and her criminals. we are not want to let them buy guns. we will allow the government to reopen if you accept this bill that the vast majority of the american people except raid the difference in this and what they are trying to do, is that it is a different subject matter. the president cannot do this. he explained that clearly. better than i did. this thing that they have come up with, we saw the exchange. we poll tested this. this is a great idea. we have negotiated our hearts out. we have gone one step further. we will give you a deal you can't refuse. that is you want to talk, we are going to negotiate and have a conference at anything you want to talk about. agriculture. discretionary spending. we will talk about health care. it is a deal we thought he couldn't refuse. but he did. we have negotiated a lot. said, senator murray has once the government reopens amid get the debt ceilin
to we say we will be happy raise the debt ceiling. there is 85% of the american people supporting background checks, people who have mental illness, and her criminals. we are not want to let them buy guns. we will allow the government to reopen if you accept this bill that the vast majority of the american people except raid the difference in this and what they are trying to do, is that it is a different subject matter. the president cannot do this. he explained that clearly. better than i did....
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i have said many times, i would oppose the budget control act which will raise the debt ceiling. in part, because the way the question provisions were written. they were unbalanced. 50% of our cuts come from the defense. it just cut everything by the same amount as opposed to give our military leaders the pentagon to cut from unsuccessful and outdated programs and put more money into the most successful and important programs. with that said, the only thing worse than the defense cuts and sequestration is no cuts at all. if we don't have the sequestration cuts at the top line revenue level went we will increase the debt ceiling with almost nothing to show for it. part of the reasons why the house republicans this week, extended the debt cerealing for three months to feel out paul ryan and his team to draft a budget that gets us balanced in 10 years but also protects the department of defense from further cuts because they have already been cut by $500 billion. >> do you get the idea, do you get the sense that americans are tired of world business. that doing some business here at
i have said many times, i would oppose the budget control act which will raise the debt ceiling. in part, because the way the question provisions were written. they were unbalanced. 50% of our cuts come from the defense. it just cut everything by the same amount as opposed to give our military leaders the pentagon to cut from unsuccessful and outdated programs and put more money into the most successful and important programs. with that said, the only thing worse than the defense cuts and...
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the white house is saying we're not going negotiate at all and we just need to raise the debt ceiling. the white house doesn't know. host: susan, do you agree with that? guest: right. it's a battle of whether or not the president really sticks to what he which is no negotiating. that's a tough line to draw. there will probably some negotiating. you already have some democrats who don't want the sequester already in place. so one wonders how they're going to -- i'm wondering how they're going to move it this time, and get that debt ceiling raised by mid october. i suspect it will push beyond that, but i do think there will be a compromise that's going to have to involve perhaps dealing with entitlements. that's a way out where there is some common values and views between both the democrats and republicans that we need to do something about medicare. that could be sort of the way out on the debt ceiling fight but that is a real big issue trying to tackle something like medicare. guest: once you add the entitlements, the democrats and white house would say we will give you something if
the white house is saying we're not going negotiate at all and we just need to raise the debt ceiling. the white house doesn't know. host: susan, do you agree with that? guest: right. it's a battle of whether or not the president really sticks to what he which is no negotiating. that's a tough line to draw. there will probably some negotiating. you already have some democrats who don't want the sequester already in place. so one wonders how they're going to -- i'm wondering how they're going to...
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we will raise the debt ceiling one way or another. what i'm worried about is doing it three months at a time. insuring that the marketplace and american citizens will be kept in a state of uncertainty. that's the worst thing we can do right now to the american psychologist have this uncertainty. there is one thing that the white house has said they will not do that would bring this to a head. that is, if the president ordered the treasury secretary to pay the bills that were coming in on time and in full even if the treasury did not have enough money under the debt ceiling. what would probably happen in that case would be someone who would be the injured party would bring a lawsuit, they would jump quickly to the supreme court and we would have a massive constitutional confrontation. then you would use the 14th amendment to the constitution in order to pay the debt no matter what? the answer is no one knows. in has never been litigated. the white house has said they don't want to use the 14th amendment. what i'm saying is it may not b
we will raise the debt ceiling one way or another. what i'm worried about is doing it three months at a time. insuring that the marketplace and american citizens will be kept in a state of uncertainty. that's the worst thing we can do right now to the american psychologist have this uncertainty. there is one thing that the white house has said they will not do that would bring this to a head. that is, if the president ordered the treasury secretary to pay the bills that were coming in on time...
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>> look, there is a long tradition here of congress acting to raise the debt ceiling. this is a power that they've brought -- that they've given themselves to do. and the point is -- without drama and delay. a monthly extension is drama, okay? congress should simply do its job. it should not -- we're not going to negotiate over extending the debt ceiling. >> but is the president saying he's willing to revisit this within a year? would he like five years? i mean, what is he saying? >> i think the president made clear the other day that he would happily take on the responsibility himself if congress can't handle it. so the fact is, congress should simply extend the debt ceiling, and do so in a manner that causes no concern to the economy and to global markets, that does not in any way suggest that washington is about to engage in another process that results in a self-inflicted wound to the economy. so it's sort of a moot point because it should just be extended in a way that does not raise concern about whether or not the united states of america pays its bills. >> okay
>> look, there is a long tradition here of congress acting to raise the debt ceiling. this is a power that they've brought -- that they've given themselves to do. and the point is -- without drama and delay. a monthly extension is drama, okay? congress should simply do its job. it should not -- we're not going to negotiate over extending the debt ceiling. >> but is the president saying he's willing to revisit this within a year? would he like five years? i mean, what is he saying?...
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the debt ceiling. if republicans had gone into this issue and said they would not raise the debt ceiling unless they got cuts, there would have lost that the raid at the end. big loss that debate. john boehner and paul rand did a great job together. you cannot govern from that office, you but you have to be very careful about high-profile last-minute negotiations. i've worked in the white house and three administrations. the president has a tremendous institutional advantage in these kinds of fights. what republicans have to do is avoid these fights, the straps that they are laying. provide an alternative through passing legislation, just to show this is how they would govern if they had the powers of the presidency and the senate. and be careful. there are some rough edges. host: some are not strategy as far as moving the debt ceiling ahead. guest: if they had gone ahead with it, it would have been politically cataclysmic. it was the worst percival -- worst possible ground to make their point. preside
the debt ceiling. if republicans had gone into this issue and said they would not raise the debt ceiling unless they got cuts, there would have lost that the raid at the end. big loss that debate. john boehner and paul rand did a great job together. you cannot govern from that office, you but you have to be very careful about high-profile last-minute negotiations. i've worked in the white house and three administrations. the president has a tremendous institutional advantage in these kinds of...
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the debt ceiling without repealing the affordable care act? this was a do nothing congress and now it has gone to something worse. it is an aimless congress that is falling into chaos to make matters worse congress. we should not leave until we address the challenges that we ace. guest: pelosi was really dragging that message. that's what she started with. this was her message that she was going to stand up and make in front of the camera calling them the make matters worse congress, chaotic. and talking about congress as a whole she also talked earlier this week after a meeting with the president that the public gets lost on sort of the inside the beltway fighting about obstruction, fighting about process. and that they're trying to make that a message that people understand, that the voters understand, and that looking ahead to 2014 that the voters blame republicans for things not getting done. host: dayton, ohio. greg, good morning. democrat's line. caller: yes. i believe that the congress isn't doing a thing. and nothing will change until
the debt ceiling without repealing the affordable care act? this was a do nothing congress and now it has gone to something worse. it is an aimless congress that is falling into chaos to make matters worse congress. we should not leave until we address the challenges that we ace. guest: pelosi was really dragging that message. that's what she started with. this was her message that she was going to stand up and make in front of the camera calling them the make matters worse congress, chaotic....
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height in a few months were the debt ceiling is going to get raised again? $6 trillion in four years that we do not have any asking us to do it again and wants us to raise taxes on the rich? what? going to amount to six weeks of the budget for the government? it's not going to do a damn thing. this president has opportunity when he was first elected to put people to work. instead of putting people to work, he turned around and he came to the rich. he gave it to the bankers, the unions, general motors. general motors. they were not supposed to go bankrupt with the money they got from obama but they did. that is what romney wound up during the first place. host: we will leave your comments there, frank. pamela in fontana, calif. good afternoon. caller: and does not matter if they pass this or not. the spending has to quit. you are a democrat or republican, what is the difference? you work for the american people. treat them like people, not what political party they are. the president will not talk to republicans. joe biden, i'm proud of him. he worked with th
height in a few months were the debt ceiling is going to get raised again? $6 trillion in four years that we do not have any asking us to do it again and wants us to raise taxes on the rich? what? going to amount to six weeks of the budget for the government? it's not going to do a damn thing. this president has opportunity when he was first elected to put people to work. instead of putting people to work, he turned around and he came to the rich. he gave it to the bankers, the unions, general...
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they were in tandem, and another republicans realized that they could not get the debt ceiling raised no matter how much baggage they attached to that the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not something that should be tied to government. the closer it gets, the more unreasonable he gets, the more you're responsible it gets. i would hope that the scenario described is not one that we come to, because it is two different subjects. yes, they are all about budget, but one is the full faith and credit of the united states of america and the other is a priority debate on spending and saving and growth. growth.hould be about everything the republicans are noting about, whether it is lifting the debt ceiling or making the cuts they want to make without making the investments that we should be making, it is about slowing growth and we are losing a million jobs as it is. we will lose a million jobs. some say 1.6 million. i will be may usual conservative self and say one million on that subject, most defensible subject. this is silly. they did not get some orientation on h
they were in tandem, and another republicans realized that they could not get the debt ceiling raised no matter how much baggage they attached to that the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not something that should be tied to government. the closer it gets, the more unreasonable he gets, the more you're responsible it gets. i would hope that the scenario described is not one that we come to, because it is two different subjects. yes, they are all about budget, but one is...
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the debt ceiling. byh of those will come due then, and right now we do not have a plan to get us beyond that point of contention. i would not be at all surprised if there is a government shutdown before the end of the calendar year. host: if the senate sends back a clean bill to the house, are there any indications as to what speaker john boehner will do? guest: i think he will turn to the democrats to get him the votes to get it past the white house has indicated they would sign a clean bill for a short time. and that level of funding you dollars -- that level of funding is going to be in a hundred $80 total. 988 billion dollars total. year for the sequester begins january 5 team. i think the white house figures 15.as -- i think the white house figures to get are leverage deal that would not only raise the debt ceiling until the end of 2014, but would also keep the government funded, and perhaps shelve the whole idea of the sequester. 900/-- 900-oes that plus figure do as far as how the government ope
the debt ceiling. byh of those will come due then, and right now we do not have a plan to get us beyond that point of contention. i would not be at all surprised if there is a government shutdown before the end of the calendar year. host: if the senate sends back a clean bill to the house, are there any indications as to what speaker john boehner will do? guest: i think he will turn to the democrats to get him the votes to get it past the white house has indicated they would sign a clean bill...
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if every time you read the debt ceiling and offset that with cuts, if you raise the debt ceiling to get you by for a year, you had trillions of dollars of cuts over 10 years, by the end of the 10 years, you would have to have trillions of dollars over the next century? the math compounds. >> there are cuts on top of cuts that would mean you would not need to read -- raise the debt ceiling anymore. perhaps you could reduce the debt ceiling and increase spending every time you reduce it. i do not know. it is a bizarre scenario. the democrats have said that revenue will be on the table as part of their position. it is not a given that if they do this, all 2 trillion will come from spending cuts. some will come from additional revenue as well. >> is sequestration happens, if congress did not stick with the budget control act, [indiscernible] >> is budget deals do not tend to stick around for long and altered very long. i would not read too much into this. even if they decide to leave it alone this year. in fy-14, this will be debated again. the amounts could change. they could go up or down
if every time you read the debt ceiling and offset that with cuts, if you raise the debt ceiling to get you by for a year, you had trillions of dollars of cuts over 10 years, by the end of the 10 years, you would have to have trillions of dollars over the next century? the math compounds. >> there are cuts on top of cuts that would mean you would not need to read -- raise the debt ceiling anymore. perhaps you could reduce the debt ceiling and increase spending every time you reduce it. i...
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sequester,s, on the if we were going to raise the debt ceiling, wasn't it supposed to bring down the debt of the united states, but yet it is still going up? host: looking for budget perspective there. guest: good question. it was supposed to bring down the debt level of the united states. it is doing that over the long term. but the reality is that each year the federal government is still running a budget deficit. as long as there is an annual budget deficit, then that total debt level will continue to go up rather than down. the budget control act is designed to try to get this federal budget closer to balance. it does seem to be looking -- doing that. if you look at charts, you will and 2010e gap in 2009 which is quickly closing up. but there will be debt for a long time to come, probably forever. many economists will say that. but it is still an issue and needs to be raised. host: on to kansas now. you are on with marcia howard. caller: when bill clinton was in program fortarted a people that were on welfare, mothers. they had two years to get some training and get off welfare.
sequester,s, on the if we were going to raise the debt ceiling, wasn't it supposed to bring down the debt of the united states, but yet it is still going up? host: looking for budget perspective there. guest: good question. it was supposed to bring down the debt level of the united states. it is doing that over the long term. but the reality is that each year the federal government is still running a budget deficit. as long as there is an annual budget deficit, then that total debt level will...
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the debt ceiling. smith dewahl will look at the impact of food of across the united states. she's the food safety director interest.c science and washington journal live with your cause every morning at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. . 9:30 a.m. gavels in at eastern. the house votes on which measures of the farm bill each focuses on in conference. today the house voted in favor of going to conference to work the farm ences in bill. the senate returns at 11:00 eastern. they'll be voting to move a debt ceiling bill introduced early in the week by harry reid. extend the debt ceiling by one year. the vote on the measure is noon.ed to be held around house republicans, senate democrat, and the president ontinue as they try to reach the agreement to end the federal shutdown and how to move forward on the debt ceiling. live on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. >> how the government shutdown affecting you. please send us. >> make your short video message upload it shutdown and from your mobile device at out the.com/c-sp
the debt ceiling. smith dewahl will look at the impact of food of across the united states. she's the food safety director interest.c science and washington journal live with your cause every morning at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. . 9:30 a.m. gavels in at eastern. the house votes on which measures of the farm bill each focuses on in conference. today the house voted in favor of going to conference to work the farm ences in bill. the senate returns at 11:00 eastern. they'll be voting to move a debt...